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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
I thought it was interesting that Cheney was distancing himself from the policy, if subtly.
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I don't find it all that interesting that Cheney, a guy with a gay daughter would distance himself from that policy. And I don't think it was all that subtle, either.
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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
I have listened to what Laura Bush said, and what I heard led me to conclude quite the opposite -- that she personally has less of a problem with it, but was expressing sympathy for the people who do:
- Laura Bush says gay marriages are "a very, very shocking issue" for some people, a subject that should be debated by Americans rather than settled by a Massachusetts court or the mayor of San Francisco.
Asked how she feels about the issue personally, Mrs. Bush replies: "Let's just leave it at that."
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Those are the same comments I heard, yet I took them to mean just the opposite - that she is against it and doesn't think courts should force it on the people. I didn't read her comments, I saw her say them in a televised interview. He body language and facial expressions spoke volumes to me.
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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
You said that Cheney is just another advisor, and I was telling you that you were wrong. This by itself doesn't make anyone a better or worse person, except insofar as you are uninformed, but it is the sort of thing that is of interest to people who are interested in how the country works. YMMV.
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I don't remember saying he was
just another advisor. He is one of the important advisors, no doubt. But it is not like GWB is Cheney's sock puppet, either. That was my point. GWB has a variety of different advisors some of whom are more important than others in their influence on particular policies. That makes GWB exactly like every other US president.
